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'''Onkar''' or '''Oankaar''' is represented in the [[Sri Guru Granth Sahib]], the [[Sikh scripture]] as <sup>[[Image:Onkar.jpg|30px]]</sup>; that is as [[Ura]], the first [[Gurmukhi]] character with an extended "tail". Onkar means God or Transcendental being. This word is the second part of the first word in the holy Sikh scripture. The first word that appears in this [[granth]] is [[Ek Onkar]] ie: <sup>[[Image:Ek Onkar.jpg|35px]]</sup> which can be translated as "God is One" or "There is only one God" | '''Onkar''' or '''Oankaar''' is represented in the [[Sri Guru Granth Sahib]], the [[Sikh scripture]] as <sup>[[Image:Onkar.jpg|30px]]</sup>; that is as [[Ura]], the first [[Gurmukhi]] character with an extended "tail". Onkar means God or Transcendental being. This word is the second part of the first word in the holy Sikh scripture. The first word that appears in this [[granth]] is [[Ek Onkar]] ie: <sup>[[Image:Ek Onkar.jpg|35px]]</sup> which can be translated as "God is One" or "There is only one God" | ||
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Onkar or Oankaar is represented in the Sri Guru Granth Sahib, the Sikh scripture as 
; that is as Ura, the first Gurmukhi character with an extended "tail". Onkar means God or Transcendental being. This word is the second part of the first word in the holy Sikh scripture. The first word that appears in this granth is Ek Onkar ie: 
which can be translated as "God is One" or "There is only one God"
The word 'O-ankaar' denotes that God manifests Himself ceaselessly throughout His Creation in diverse forms, features and colours, and in this way becomes knowable to man. But, in spite of manifesting Himself diversing, God remains One; He remains Immanent in His Creation, while at the same time remaining Transcendent. This God is at once One and Many implying Unity in Diversity. Kapur Singh suggests Oan = Transcedent, -kar = Immanent. The Mandukopanishad defines the word as: "That which was, is, will be, is all Onkar. And that which triple transcends is Onkar too."
